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This game is going to come down to injuries. There is a chance that Jefferson doesn't play. If that is the case, the Bears will only have to worry about Hockenson and Addison. Jefferson is such a huge percentage of their offense that it will be hard to imagine what they look like without him. Vikings come off a deflating loss to KC where they probably should've won. Bears are coming in brimming with confidence. Bears are home dogs, that should be enough motivation to win. If Jefferson plays, the Vikings will probably win, probably something like 27-24. If he doesn't play, I think it will flip and go 27-17 Bears.

I agree that he has to show this for the rest of the season, and not have this just be bad defenses being bad. It will hard for the Bears not to draft a QB, especially if they are in the top 3. If they have #1, I don't think anything less than him playing at an MVP level will stop them from drafting a QB.

He just has to work on his pad level and get off. Once those improve, he is going to be a beast.

Herbert out for a few weeks. Bears sign Evans from Miami's PS. Hopefully Roschon won't miss time with concussion, but he may miss at least the next one. So Foreman is going to show his value now.

You may be mixing up games, he had 16 in a row against Denver. He only had 15 completions against Washington. He still has some work to do, but several of his incompletions were throw aways, something I know I have been asking him to do instead of taking a sack. So I am not too worried about completion % because that is significantly impacted by the difficulty of the target. Mac Jones had a great comp% but most throws were under 5 yards. Overall I think he has taken the Year 3 step like the Allen and Hurts did, Fields just took a few extra games. Now the trick is to have this be a sustained step. He won't throw 4 TDs every game, but 2 per game should be his new norm.

The official who threw the flag was even blocked by a defender, there was no way he could know if he stepped out or not. That was super fishy. Also, that defender actually ran out of bounds and back in on his own (which I thought was a penalty). They also didn't even spot the ball right. They put it on the 31 but Moore didn't step on the 31. The foot in question was just past the 29 (inside the 30), so they were literally at least a yard off if that is where they called him out. I still don't understand the call.

Being small is going to cause him to not be healthy. He can't even do QB sneaks because he is too small. I've never heard or seen that before. He is a high IQ player, but I don't know if that is enough in the NFL to survive when you're that small. Maybe he becomes the next Brees, but odds are against him.

Jenkins played awesome. Davis now with a few games under his belt, he has been really solid. Wright is getting better every game. So the only weakness is LT and Borom, so that is the only side Fields needs to be concerned about.

Yeah, I would not have traded up for Young. He might now how to read defenses, but he is just too small for today's monsters. and to think they gave the Bears Moore and a 1st and a 2nd. Right now Moore is playing better than any 1st round WR would be. I can't even imagine what the team would look like without Moore.

Fields QBR up to 44.9, now 26th. A couple of more games like the last two and he will leap into the top 15. He now has a 95.4 QB Rating (14th). PFF Grade: 74.4 which is between Herbert and Cousins which is 12th in qualified starters DVOA hasn't updated yet, but he should get a huge bump there too. Right now Fields has a higher passer rating 95.4 to 92.4, PFF Grade 74.4 to 72.9 over Jalen Hurts. Fields has 11 passing TDs to Hurts 5 (thru 4 games).

I doubt that is real. If Williams has a chance to go #1 and goes back to school for NIL, he risks injury before cashing in on a lot more guaranteed money. He is going #1 to whoever has that pick. KC, BUF, MIA, and PHI are probably the only teams that wouldn't pick him if they had the #1 pick. Every other team would and should.

I am glad this is over, what a mess.

The wild thing is the QBs he has played for. Most of the other elite WRs have a had good to great QBs throwing them the ball. Jefferson is great, but how much worse would he have been on Carolina with 10 different QBs. The Bears are actually lucky that Moore's stats were suppressed in Carolina, because WR1s are hard to find. If the Bears played like they did last night in their previous games, they are probably 4-1 and would've given KC a run for their money. Now they need to take the next step and make halftime adjustments. I want Fields to close out a few more games and have some successful 2 minute drills.

Bears still have the 1st 2 picks, now the Carolina pick is #1, Bears pick is #2.

The Bears played a quarter without any RBs. That's wild.

Fields has 8 TD passes in the last 4 days.

That Denver game sucks because they were so close to being 2-3 right now.

How about the backup secondary too? Interception and a forced fumble.

Thank God the streak is over. A win and they didn't allow 25 pts. Fields currently leads the NFL in passing TDs (11) and total TDs (12). He is on pace for 3,954 passing yards and 37 TDs. Moore on pace for 1,805 yds and 17 TDs. Moore now 2nd in the NFL in receiving yards lol. I want to see that replay of Moore on the sideline, I don't think he stepped out.

Howell starting to pick apart the defense. Thankfully they held them to 6 there. Now they need a TD and FG to tie. Bears need an extended drive with at least a FG to put this away.

Seriously the Bears need to forfeit 2nd halves. Now Herbert hurt. That did not look good.

Bears will need to score 35+ to win.

Then they can't stop Sam Howell score on a QB Keeper. The Bears defense is back. That was wayyy too easy.

The exact thing that could not happen.

Honestly, I want 40+ to consider this a success. They need 2 more TDs. They need to stop them or hold them to a FG on the opening drive. I figure they will start using dig and stop routes to beat the zone. Mooney has been targeted 4 times, 0 catches. He does not look confident and it looks like he lost a step. I doubt they extend him unless he accepts WR3 money.